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Category: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Superman or Superbug

November 16, 2018 Wyatt Ayers

The example I want to use is about the mosquitos. The exhilarating part of using CRISPR could means that this…

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CRISPR Technology

Mandy Hawkins

In the article by John Harris he mentions that people inherently think of embryo modification as being unnatural and that…

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Pushing the Limits?

Catherine Vejvoda

I have found CRISPR technology to be a super interesting topic to me, and I have enjoyed reading about it…

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Haven’t You Seen GATTACA?

Hannah Ludlow

GMOs are undoubtedly a double edged sword when it comes to CRISPR technology. In regards to agriculture, GMOs easily have…

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Genetic Future

Sean Jungst

I am interested in the text by Harris, because gene editing on humans is ultimately the most intriguing. One of…

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Gattica Shmattica

Owen Pendergast

An example from the readings about CRISPR technology that both excites and frightens me is the picking and choosing of…

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The Gene Conundrum

Ellie Polk

  To preface, my viewpoint of gene modification is largely skewed by the fact that I have never been threatened…

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Hmm, CRISPR

Erica Dobrowski

I first heard of CRISPR technology in my microbiology course of 2017. I was at first repulsed by the idea…

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Socio-Genetic Gap??

Shayne Utter

With a steadily increasing socio-economic gap within the United States and around most of the world, Darnovsky’s point of the…

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Where Do We Draw the Line with Gene Editing

Taylor Koth

For a long time now, I have known that CRISPR technology was highly debated on whether we can ethically use…

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Logan Bonney

In Michael Specters article on the gene revolution he mentions the possibility to eliminate malaria by rendering the mosquito that…

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You Look Good in Your New Genes

Marika Feduschak

CRISPR-Cas9 technology offers a huge scope of possibilities. One that seems to have the most substantial and immediate benefit is…

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Diseases can be a thing of the past

Jacob Dass

One thing that blows my mind in the “DNA Revolution” by Michael Specter is the fact that scientists have come…

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For Once I have Faith in Humanity

Seamus Andersen

  The most blatant, easy and quite frankly obvious answer to the question is that I believe that the idea…

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christmas time gives us CRISPR

Maxwell Alvord

Our future with concern to gene editing is at the forefront with the inexplicably awesome new CRISPER technology. From the…

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Editing the Gene

November 15, 2018 Peyton McElroy

CRISPR Technology is one of the newer technologies out there. It also happens to have the most upside and potentially…

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CRISP

November 13, 2018 Sydney Jones

An exhilarating opportunity that the CRISPR technology could provide was the idea of organ transplants for animals, such as pigs.…

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editing jeans

Colby Darr

“No scientific discovery of the past century holds more promise ­­or raises more troubling ethical questions. Most provocatively, if CRISPR…

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yay or nah

November 12, 2018 Ben Wallace

An example from the reading I would choose would be when James used CRISPR technologies to engineer a version of…

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DNDisaster

Dexter Jarrett 3 Comments

One exciting thing about CRISPR technology is the possibility of using animal organs in people who are sick. Michael Specter…

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CRISPR Gene Editing

Bryce Whited 3 Comments

In Michael Specter’s National Geographic article, he talks about the use of CRISPR in the editing of mosquito genes. This…

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The Perfect Human

Tyler Krueger 2 Comments

The example that stood out to me is from the DNA-Revolution article when Specter talks about the work of George…

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CRISPR or Not

Jacob Kelley 6 Comments

I’ve heard a lot about CRISPR technology over the course of this past year, but one thing that I haven’t…

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Opening a big can of genes

Morgan Johnson 4 Comments

One interesting potentiality covered from the readings is Anthony James’s work with eradicating certain types of mosquitoes that are responsible…

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Gene Manipulation – Disease Destroyer?

Hali Kapperud 6 Comments

One example of CRISPR technology that is discussed is using gene editing to attempt to eliminate diseases. The exhilarating aspects…

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Gene Editing Technique

Jose Alarcon Cascales 2 Comments

From Marcy Darnovsky’s article, I will talk about the idea of genes and babies. On the one hand, it is…

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Anthropic Park

Amanda Larson 4 Comments

One aspect of genetic engineering that is both exhilarating and frightening was brought up by Michael Specter in National Geographic.…

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Introdusing The Rose Gold ‘ ibaby 8 plus ‘

Anthony Johnson 1 Comment

Technology has always been made to make our lives easier, efficient, faster, and entertaining, making the quality of life a…

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From Genetic Traits to Cosmetic Traits

Ben Schwartz 2 Comments

One of the most intriguing examples of gene editing is its power to “enhance” physical and cosmetic characteristics in humans.…

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Do we really live as a completely natural species right now?

Nick Leach 2 Comments

In the “Pro and Con” article by Harris and Darnovsky, they both discuss the idea of embryo modification being unnatural.…

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With Great CRISPR Power Comes Great Responsibility

Logan Vining 1 Comment

The example presented by Michael Specter regarding the modification of mosquitoes to eliminate the transmission of malaria, yellow fever, dengue…

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Human Photoshop

Rachel Bragg 3 Comments

Though it’s probably the most obvious answer to this question I honestly think that the prospect of human gene editing…

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Out of the God Awful Movie The 6th Day

Cody Coffin 1 Comment

To be able to change the genetic process of disease would not only save lives, but could possibly save billions…

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CRISPR, the New Eugenics?

Emily OBrien 2 Comments

CRISPR has the potential to be beneficial, but has aspects that can be frightening. Animal organs have been discussed as…

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Something About CRISPR, Gene Drive, and What Makes Us Human

Ty Gentry 1 Comment

The combination of gene drive and CRISPR, as described in “DNA Revolution”, is a technology that I find both exhilarating…

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You Say You Want a Revolution

William Green 2 Comments

“But gene editing, which would result in sterile mosquitoes, could help save the birds without destroying their surroundings. “Using genetics…

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Gene Editing is the Spell Check of the Animal Kingdom

Alex Judge 2 Comments

One example from the readings about CRISPR technology that is both exhilarating and frightening is the research discussed in Specter’s…

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Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk-CRISPR

David Todd

Gene editing with CRISPR to develop organs with pigs for human use sounds very exciting. Personally, I wouldn’t have a…

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Too preoccupied with could we, didn’t stop and ask should we

Diana Lester 1 Comment

“Gene drives have the power to override the traditional rules of inheritance (Specter, p. 2).” Man, that packs a lot…

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Mr. CRISPR

Fritz Arnold 1 Comment

The whole CRISPR technology thing is pretty new to me and it is very intriguing. The whole concept of altering…

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Gene Editing

Nicole Eifert

I think gene editing has enormous potential, especially when it comes to altering DNA so that certain insects like mosquitoes…

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Now that’s some CRISP technology!

Chris Tompkins 1 Comment

The most exhilarating and frightening passages I read from the three articles was a sentence that caught my eye in…

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A Recipe for the Perfect Human

Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

The very thought of modifying one’s traits and genome was unheard of 50 years ago. With the development of CRISPR…

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How Intimidating is CRISPR Technology?

Cameron Durfee 1 Comment

The argument for and against gene editing through the CRISPR technology has created a lot of controversy within the last…

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CRISPR crazy

Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

CRISPR, a power in the hands of humans making scientists able to alter, delete and rearrange the DNA of nearly…

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I’ll Take One CRISPR Edit, With a Side Of Concern

Natalie Carlson 1 Comment

Like humans, various animal can have diseases that will significantly impact the population. In the case of the Black-Footed Ferret,…

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Some Crispy Thoughts

J. Beckett Sweeney 1 Comment

The example that stood out to me most was regarding mosquitoes in Specter’s National Geographic article. The fact that we…

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Frozen Fixes

Mia Thomas 1 Comment

CRISPR technology is a scientific invention that has the power to change our current realities of illness and disease. We…

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Protected: Buckle your seat belt robin :)

Anna

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Oh, just another techno-fix

Alexia Gonzales

CRISPR technology is undoubtedly a huge success for the field of biology, but a deservingly questionable technology as well. In…

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CRISPR Technology: Moral Dilemma or Groundbreaking Invention?

Jason Pichette

Progressing faster and faster each day, CRISPR technology presents many new outcomes for future societies. One example from the reading…

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Gene Modification: A brave new world

Cole Satrom

One of the most interesting are of CRISPR technology is embryo modification. This is the ability to modify human embryos…

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CRISPR: The Controversy of the Future

Hunter Strobel

Perhaps the most divisive issue associated with the advent of CRISPR technology is the potential for human gene customization. More…

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Anachronistic Arrogance

Mary Hill Young

HST 207 – History of Science and Technology Mary Hill Young 11/12/18     Anachronistic Arrogance   Though I understand…

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The Door is Open

Chance Ronning

One example I saw that was quite exciting was the fact that you could engineer a mosquito whose offspring would…

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Hacking Humanity

Kendra Fischer 1 Comment

It isn’t the only the unknown consequences that startle us the most about advancements such as CRISPR, but also the…

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Farming Organs

Jacob Lunsford

One of the many examples of the fact that much of the CRISPR technology is both exhilarating yet terrifying, is…

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CRISPER Technologies

Connor Ludwig

CRISPER technology is very amazing technology. It allows for scientists to quickly modify the DNA of almost any living organism…

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How to Edit a Greater Good

Patrick Phattharaampornchai

CRISPR technology allows scientists the power to correct and delete genes in order to cure disease, fight pests, save extinct…

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CRISPR: A Scientific Frontier

Nathan Rubino 2 Comments

Though aspects of biology have been studied for millennia, a promising new technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 has emerged within the…

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Week 12

Ryan Smart 1 Comment

The most exhilarating example that I read from the text was in the article from National Geographic by Specter and…

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Death of the Wolf, Birth of the Dog

Jay Harrison

Michael Specter’s paper, How the DNA Revolution is Changing Us, talks about the possibility of changing the genome of living…

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Brand new CRISP genes

Alex Sutherland

One of the most interesting possible uses for CRISPR in my opinion is using it to make mosquitoes no longer…

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The Stuff of Nightmares

Nick Lemon 1 Comment

I found the example of the Puerto Rican mosquitoes most interesting. The thought of releasing a herd of genetically altered…

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I Wish the Right Decision was Clearer, CRISPR

Conor Bianchi

The introduction of CRISPR into the scientific repertoire of technological fixes, brings with it various pros and cons. For example,…

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CRISPR

Conner Cross

One example of a possible advancement in science using CRISPR technology is the ability to modify the genome of animals…

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Ol’ Pandora’s Box

Tyler Trudnowski

The CRISPR technology has come under question over the past thirty years or so. There are many different stances for…

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Gene Editing: Is it Actually a Good Thing?

Ayla Johnsen

In Michael Specter’s paper “How the DNA Revolution is Changing Us”  he talks about Phelan’s work on Black Footed Ferrets.…

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Pig Guts and Perfect Babies

Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

I wanna talk about organs. Gene editing has an insanely fantastic potential in medicine but the purifying of organs from…

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The (not so) Golden Age of Golden Rice

John Jones

The story I found most enticing was that of the golden rice. The text states that approximately 500,000 children living…

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Genes, they got two legs and lots of bad holes.

Evan Scaraglino 1 Comment

Editing genes is fascinating with all that can be achieved by a successful edit and this both exhilarating and terrifying.…

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These Stylish New Genes

Steve Quinn

CRISPR can edit genes, delete or replace parts of DNA, and has the power to even treat illnesses once thought…

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The Genetic Code

Sage McCleary

One of the examples in Specters article talks about about gene drives and the power to edit the genetic code.…

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Genie in a bottle

Dan OMorrow

The black-footed ferret is a very interesting situation that I find very interesting. Using CRISPR technology to diversify the gene…

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Control, Alt(er), Delete

Colleen May

In the Specter article, the author talks about the exciting aspects of CRISPR technology. Using this technology, scientists can permanently…

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And now who said you could play God?

Chisum Green 1 Comment

In Specter’s writings he talks about the Black-footed ferret and how they are struggling in existence being so close to…

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Should Humans Play God?

Sophie Black 1 Comment

In Specter’s article regarding CRISPR technology, both the positive and negative consequences are discussed intensely. The most promising positive consequence…

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Advancement of Human Health

Kaylor Althoff

The future for eliminating biological illnesses and helping reduce the growing problem of instinct animals is here and it’s called…

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Is Gene Editing immoral?

Will Werner 1 Comment

As I was reading through the National Geographic articles that detail CRISPR technology I found many things that were interesting. …

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I would like a CRISPR image of the possible negative outcomes.

Roman Oliman

The one example that frightens me the most is in Michael Specter’s article How The DNA Revolution is Changing Us.…

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Bryce Dawkins Week 12

Bryce Dawkins 1 Comment

Bryce Dawkins Paragraph 1: Wow can we talk about CRISPR for a second. This stuff sounds absolutely amazing, like I…

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Designer Babies

Kilian Swirtz 1

CRISPR technology is an unprecedented and fascinating technology that has the possibility to redesign the future through gene editing. Although…

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To just be, or not to just be?

Hilary Rosa

Genetic engineers can now use CRISPR technology to edit human embryos with the intent of eliminating genetic diseases, such as…

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Change Humans Forever?

Matt Muir

Both articles discuss how CRISPR technology is exciting and frightening, whether it is used to eliminate parasites carried through mosquitoes…

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Humankind: An Art Form

John Stoppler

On the paper by Harris, “Pro: Research on Gene Editing in Humans Must Continue”, one of the arguments he brings…

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Genetic recoding: a future of perfection or pain?

Audrey Scott

John Harris suggests that with the advent of genetic recoding,CRISPR, technology we will be able to erradicate diseases that negatively…

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GMK Genetically Modified Kids

Spencer Felice

From John Harris and Marcy Darnovsky, “Pro and Con” We could be able to engineer children with immunity to certain…

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Bedazzled Genes: Yes or No?

Cassie Andrews

Using CRISPR technologies to eradicate disease from disease-spreading mosquitoes could prevent millions of deaths due to dungue fever, Zika, and…

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Easy Bake Babies?

Blaze Wiseman

Being someone who is mostly for gene editing on humans, I really liked John Harris’ essay on the subject. I…

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Humans or Gods?

Ellis Knoll

In the pro segment of “Pro and Con: Should Gene Editing Be Performed on Human Embryos?” by John Harris, he…

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One Big Bummer

Garrett Hartley

This week’s readings entertain many of the highly controversial debates surrounding the topic of gene editing and if it should…

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Social Development

Heather Schaffnit

Gould provided an extremely interesting discussion on the genetic progression of humanity, and how it’s development goes far beyond the…

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The human cost of gene editing

Daniel Alexander

I think that the 2016 National Geographic article titled “Pro and Con: Should Gene Editing Be Performed on Human Embryos?”…

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The Moral Questions of CRISPR

Audrey Schied

The ability to edit human genes in order to prevent people from being born with debilitating diseases is certainly an…

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Love me the way I am

Alexis Thull

CRISPR Technology is very exciting in many ways. By being able to stoping the spread of deadly viruses early on…

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Some Spooky Stuff

November 11, 2018 Mckinley Paine 1 Comment

The idea that CRISPR technology can change the world is fantastic and it is indeed exhilarating. The one aspect that…

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Custom Tailored Babies

Patrick Wolff

With this CRISPR technology, the ability to solve many genetic defects in the world is within our grasp. The question…

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The Great Unknown: The Cycle of Life, Edgy Teenage Ideas, and How Death can Save the Human Race.

November 5, 2018 Jonathan Coldiron

Michael Specter offers a well thought out and seemingly modern question to ask those who read his article, is the…

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